Sony Ericsson Aino Review
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In a nutshell: The Sony Ericsson Aino is a touchscreen phone
with a slide-out alphanumeric keypad. It has an excellent 8 megapixel
camera, WiFi and GPS, and is the first phone to feature Remote Play
support. This lets you control and access media content on your PS3
from your Aino using an HSDPA or Wi-Fi connection. It's a powerful multimedia
phone with a compact design and good looks. But it's expensive and we're
not big fans of the keypad.
Review: October 2009.
The Aino is clearly a phone that Sony Ericsson expects to do well.
They've put a lot of trouble into the design of the phone, and even
more effort into the advertising. So why give it such a stupid name?
We have trouble saying the name of this phone without sniggering. But
that probably just reflects the level of maturity in our office.
The Aino combines a touchscreen user interface with a slide-out alphanumeric
keypad - rather like the Samsung Tocco
Ultra. Cleverly, the navigation buttons have been placed on the
lower slide, which means that there's space for a big 3 inch touchscreen
on the top half of the phone. It does make the phone rather long when
extended, but that adds to the sleek looks. And it certainly does look
good. The Aino is tactile, with a weighty feel and a lovely smooth finish,
and looks every bit the high-end phone that it is. However, the keypad
is not the most responsive and is frankly the kind of keypad that you'd
find on a budget phone. It's a "couldn't be bothered" keypad
that is very much at odds with the high quality look and feel of the
rest of the phone.
The Aino uses a combination of a conventional alphanumeric keypad and
a touchscreen. This is a good design form, but in this case the keypad
does let it down somewhat. But the touchscreen is good. It's a nice
bright display with 16 million colours and a larger than average resolution
of 432 x 240 pixels, due to its lengthened aspect ratio. At 3 inches
across, this is a good size screen for a compact phone. The touchscreen
user interface is limited in functionality, with some functionality
available only through the keypad, but what it does, it does well.
The Aino is the first phone to feature Remote Play support. This lets
you control and access media content on your PS3 from your Aino using
the HSPA or Wi-Fi connection. So, from anywhere in the world you can
now turn your PS3 on and off and control and access the HD Drive’s media
content.
Camera-wise, the Aino is equipped with an excellent 8.1 megapixel camera
with flash, 16x digital zoom and face detection. We love the touch focus
feature that lets you tap the image in the viewfinder to focus the image.
It works well and takes great pictures. The camera can also be used
for recording video at VGA resolution and 25 frames per second. Although
the Aino is configured for making video calls, the camera is rear mounted,
so your caller can see you, or you can see your caller, but not both
at the same time! Duh!
Music-wise, again the Aino delivers the goods pretty well. It's packed
with every technology that Sony can throw at it: stereo speakers, Clear
Bass, Clear Stereo and MegaBass. But the lack of a 3.5mm jack in the
device is a shame. You'll have to use the headset supplied by Sony instead
of your own, or use an adapter. Apart from that, the music player is
excellent, with full touchscreen controls and excellent sound quality.
As you'd expect from a modern high end phone, you can do a lot more
media stuff than just take pictures and listen to music. Easy access
to Facebook and YouTube is included, as well as a built-in web browser
that can download at high speeds using the 3G HSPA network connection.
The Aino also supports DNLA, which lets you share media between DNLA
certified devices in your home, e.g. you can view video files stored
on your Aino on your DNLA-compatible TV. The Aino is also equipped with
assisted GPS and Google Maps. You can use the GPS to geo-tag your photos
too.
When you buy an Aino, you don't just get a phone. The box contains
a specially designed charging stand and a Bluetooth wireless headset.
When the Aino is inserted into the charging stand, the built-in Media
Home software automatically pulls new content from your PC via WiFi.
The content is organised on your PC using the Media Go software, which
automatically formats all content on the computer to be compatible with
the Aino.
With all of this multimedia functionality available, the built-in memory
of 55MB is pitifully small. However, the Aino does come with an 8GB
microSD card, so we're not too concerned by that. Battery life is average.
We like the Aino, but it's not perfect. Gripes include the keypad,
the lack of a 3.5mm audio jack, and the general feeling of the phone
being overpriced. Looking at the positives, you get a great looking
phone with powerful multimedia features, remote Play support for your
PS3, and plenty of extra accessories for your money.
Features of the Sony Ericsson C510 include:
- 8.1 megapixel camera with LED flash, face detection autofocus, 16x
digital zoom and geo-tagging
- Video camera / 3G video calling
- Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 432 x 240 pixels (3 inches) with
auto rotation
- Media player with album art, Clear Bass, Clear Stereo, MegaBass,
PlayNow and TrackID
- FM radio with RDS
- MP3/AAC ringtones
- Speakerphone
- Voice recorder
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
- aGPS with Google Maps
- 3D Java games with motion gaming
- Animated wallpaper
- Web browser, RSS feeds, blogging
- HSPA (3.6 Mbps download)
- Personal organiser functions
- Flight mode
- Vibration alert
- Memory: 55 Mbytes plus 8GB support for microSD memory cards
- Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth, USB mass storage, modem, DLNA certified
- Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) plus 3G (UMTS 900/2100)
- Size: 104 x 50 x 15.5 mm
- Weight: 134g
- Talktime: 4.5 hours (3G) - 8.5 hours (2G)
- Battery standby: 300 hours
Sony Ericsson Aino User Reviews
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Reviewed by Tiffany from France on 10th Apr 2012
Aino is not a stupid name, you are may be stupid reviewers! Well then
everything depend on people!!
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Reviewed by Leon from Newcastle, South Africa on
5th Apr 2011
I had my Sony Ericsson Aino since 25 Oct 2010, hated it so much that
I shot it last weekend with my 1862 Colt New Army!!! It was the most
fun ever!! Now I'm back with my old trusted SAMSUNG G600! What a Phone!
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Reviewed by Rani from Dubai, UAE on 27th Jan 2011
This is one of the worst phone I have ever had from SE. I am a fan of
SE phones and hence ended up buying this too. Touch screen is useless,
the phone hangs every now and then, especially when we need to pick
up a call. I'm planning to replace it.
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Reviewed by Jorge from Portugal on 14th Jan 2011
Update from my 03/01/2011 review. After software update, the phone gains
a new life. Although has a few thinks i don't like, the touch screen
should be more sensitive and more responsive, the camera should be at
least as good as k800i camera (3.2 mp), it has many positive things,
the screen colors, the sound are great, and it continues to be, by far,
the most beautiful phone i've ever seen. So now i'me very pleased with
it, and i only give it 3 stars, cause my previous experience.
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Reviewed by hello from england on 9th Jan 2011
rubbish rubbish rudish phone
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Reviewed by Jorge from Portugal on 3rd Jan 2011
After having an SE K800, for three years, the best phone i have ever
had, i thought that Aino will be a huge step forward, but i was wrong...
The camera, althouht it's a 8.1MP, it's by far worst then the 3.2MP
that the k800 has, the SO, it's slow, and has few mistakes. Aino it's
just a very beautiful phone, all the rest it's a mistake from SE.
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Reviewed by Chrystabelle from Singapore on 17th
Nov 2010
The Aino is an awesome phone! :D
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Reviewed by zeeshan from india on 6th Nov 2010
i got my phone 2months back and i love the love to its extent
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Reviewed by Koctac Mwraitis from Greece on 24th
Oct 2010
well i'm from greece and i bought aino due to the "kit"and of course
the key features...i have to say aino is just a LIE A FAKE "MASTERPIECE"...it's
slow it shuts down itself the bluetooth doesn't connect anymore and
the camera is only good at night...autofocus is not worthwile cause
sometimes it blurs the picture especially when u use the flash which
also over exposes the colours and over blur the image...colours without
flash are ok...i think that s.e created a much promising high priced
phone without succeeding it...save ur money...go for w995 or idou(satio)the
worst phone i've ever had...
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Reviewed by Rana Pars from Saudi Arabia on 19th
Oct 2010
Sony Ericssion is a very beautiful mobile onle handfree sound is not
good and no bass this is a great proble in this model.
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Reviewed by Tim from Malaysia on 23rd Aug 2010
It seems that i can't connect to opera mini or googlemaps using the
wifi. It keeps on saying there isn't any local connection. Only can
use 3G for this.. ain't it a little dumb. Does anyone has any solution
for this? pls share.. thanks a bunch
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Reviewed by Adnan Akhtar from India on 18th Aug
2010
bought it a week ago.......for me it is a perfect handset with lots
of multimedia features. Shake control simply rocks and battery life
is awesome where the samsung wave miserably fails. camera quality is
superb 2. So between the wave & aino, aino is far more better and recommended
since its a sony product....
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Reviewed by tatianna from australia on 27th Jul
2010
had this 6 months, rarely loads pics to facebook (although it surfs
it somewhat slowly compared with my iphone too) and has never sent or
recieved emails even with loads of time on the phone with customer support.
they had no clue. if those workd be awesome phone
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Reviewed by The Wizard from UK on 14th Jul 2010
This is the worst SE phone i've ever owned. At first I thought it was
a superb looking piece of kit but that's all it is. Eye candy and nothing
more. Right where do I start. Well for a start when you open it up you
notice it's extremely top heavy and if your texting for any length of
time make sure you use 2 hands cos it will make your arm ache. The texting
buttons have been swapped around from other SE phones and even after
6 months of owing it I still can't get used to it and despite having
saved words in MY Words list like place names it insists on puttting
everythign in lower case and you have to change it manually. The annoyong
pop up words list which on previous phones was an option, is now a permanent
feature and the keys are ridiculously too close together. Some numpty
thought it would also be a great idea to put the clear (Backspace) key
next to the Back (power off) key. The ammount of times i've been texting
or writing something on Facebook and accidently hit the back button
and lost my entire message and had to start again. The dictionary is
worse then previous SE phones which I think you'll agree is pretty bad
anyway. It hardly recognises any words and the learn function doesn't
work. No matter how many times I type and retype the word it still keeps
putting other less common words before the one I actually want. The
touchscreen doesn't display half the photos in your photos folder. No
idea why, still not worked that one out but it only seems to display
some of the photos so you end up going in via the old folder route to
view the rest. The camera is good but slow and the touchscreen buttons
are fiddley and pretty unresponsive and it takes ages to change settings
which is not something you want when your waiting to capture that all
important moment. The GPS tagging is useless cos it only works via the
built in Geotags application and doesn't display the location info in
the file information so once it's transfered to your pc it's pointless.
I'm pretty disappointed they bothered to include a docking station but
failed to alter the pin configuration to allow it to play the radio
when in the dock. This is a simple case of adding the extra missing
pins on the powerport but instead they didn't bother so really the docking
station is just a fiddley charger and nothing more. I used to love being
woken up by the radio or listen to radio in bed but not anymore. Previous
SE docking stations had this function but not the Aino. It's difficult
to clip in and out and won't locate easily. Usually it takes me 3 or
4 attempts to find and locate the position before it clips into place.
I have a docking station with speakers from my previous SE phones that
this works with but unfortunately since they decided to move the powerport
from the bottom of the handsets to the annoying side position it won't
fit anymore. Text messages don't pop up anymore. When alerted you have
to go in and physically open the message up to see who it's from which
is miles more inconvenient. I always keep my phone on vibrate and I
have to say the vibrate function is the weakest on any of the phones
i've owned and I've missed countless number of calls by not being able
to feel it going off in my pocket. I have to say on the plus side, the
camera is good and alot better than the Cybershot range but the really
annoying feature is that if you accidentally touch the screen it will
take a picture and trust me it's pretty easy to do especially if your
trying to take a portrait shot with one hand. They have also removed
some pretty good apps like the remote control feature and replaced it
with the remote play function which only works with the Playstation
(if you happen to own one). I found the remote control handy when doing
presentations at work on my laptop or even when i'm at home listening
to my music on my pc and didn't want to get up to change tracks. It
no longer comes with the converter app which I also used loads and for
some weird reason they decided to rename 'Light' to 'Torch' (eh??) Also
some of the menus have been shuffled about unecessarily. I've also found
that GPS doesn't function when Wi-Fi is turned on so if you lose your
Wi-Fi signal or it stops working which mine does from time to time,
you have to switch off wi-fi in order for the GPS to connect. For some
reason it won't swap over automatically mid internet session. Many times
i've been on Facebook or writing an email and been connected with my
wi-fi then half way through writing someting i've lost the connection
and it it won't go on to GPS to send the message. So I have to minimise
the window, go to turn Wi-Fi off then go back in before it will connect
using GPS. Occasionally i've known this phone to switch itself off when
someone calls me. Although in the 6 months of having it I think it's
only done it 3 times but it's still annoying when you've been waiting
for that all important phonecall. Overall this is a good looking phone
but badly designed and has too many small niggley faults for my liking.
Good camera, excellent loud speaker for music but should have left everything
else as it was on previous SE handsets. Someone has been allowed to
do too much tinkering and has ruined what could have been an excellent
handset. Instead it's the worst SE i've ever owned and i'm even seriously
thinking of sticking it in the drawer and going back to my old C702.
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Reviewed by Jonny from England on 4th Jul 2010
i have one, swapping it for a jet. keeps dying and glitches, stupidly
rushed phone and extremely overpriced
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Reviewed by adam from Australia on 30th Jun 2010
personally i dont not recommend this phone. I do not own this phone,
but a close friend of mine does. Comparing it to my Samsung S8300, i
find that the SE Aino has a clean and user-friendly interface, but when
the keypad is up, the touchscreen becomes meaningless. The size of the
phone when extended is enormous, even compared to my Samsung. I would
say the only feature on that phone which would surpass mine, would be
the 8.1 megapixel camera, however, this is only 0.1 megapixel more than
the better phone.
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Reviewed by Eloise from UK on 29th Jun 2010
Absolute rubbish Constantly turns itself off and on again internet hardly
ever loads starts vibrating constantly for at least a minute for absolutely
no reason, no incoming calls or texts pointless touchscreen as well
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Reviewed by Rossiunleashed from India on 19th
Jun 2010
What a poor phone by SE!!!Please don't buy this.Constantly keeps crashing
the only thing good about this phone is it's camera apart from that
it's absolutely rubbish.
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Reviewed by Thea Kakouli from Cyprus on 17th Jun
2010
Great mobile and all, One thing bothers me, I got this one so I can
listen to, and watch my favourite pod-casts and it is prefect for that.But
when the blue-tooth is not charged it is useless. It works as any cheap
$50 phone used only for calls. Not to mention that 3 days after I bought
it the blue-tooth wouldn't charge or turn on Finding out that it wasn't
included in the guarantee of the shop I got it from since it excludes
everything except the actual phone device wasn't pleasant. My suggestion
to the Sony Ericsson team, the phone is great and the fancy blue-tooth
that can do a million and one things is too, but give us a choice, a
jack output on the device would solve a lot of problems
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Reviewed by ^^ from somewhere on 2nd Jun 2010
Aino? I don't know lol too expensive for a semi-touch screen phone but
the camera is nice
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Reviewed by DAMO from AUSTRALIA on 2nd Jun 2010
I have had this phone for 2 months and I must say I am a little disappointed
with so I give it 3 stars.
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Reviewed by Loobyloo from UK on 1st May 2010
I purchased the Aino as I have previously loved sony ericsson phones
and like the loud volume for music. I have to say seriously disappointed
with this model, the battery being the primary cause, maximum life is
between 6-7hrs, seems then pointless having all the multimedia functions
when you cannot use them whilst out and about for fear of losing battery
life. The overall volume on this model is also poor in comparison to
other sony phones. The camera is average in daylight but again poor
quality pics after dark. Facebook and You tube are wasted on this phone
as it takes so long to load, refresh, and I haven't yet been able to
load a video on you tube, end up giving up with frustration! The phone
has now started turning itself off for no apparent reason. Not happy
with the overall performance especially as it cost me £300, Sony should
really do a recall and sort out all the basics!
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Reviewed by Adiel Dalwai from South Africa on
29th Apr 2010
I purchased a Sony Ericsson Aino a few days ago but i have to charge
my battery every single day. Is there perhaps a setting i need to change
to improve my battery life?
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Reviewed by nofeeling from malaysia on 24th Apr
2010
marvelousssssssssss
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Reviewed by Michael Salib from Egypt on 13th Apr
2010
i got my hand on the Aino week ago after the k750 & k810...i have read
allll the comments worte down here which honestly made really not sure
at all about but i got it and I DoN'T REGRET IT at all & i was shocked
by the ppl who wrote these things about it why i'll tell u(this is just
4 clearing things up 4 the ppl who wanna buy it .. 1st thing: the touch
screen senstivity: i put ma hand on the omnia HD & nokia(iphone killer
:S)...comparing 2 these phones it's much much better almost it's like
the iphone...if the Aino was 3.5 inch it would just like the iphone
& it's not tempting like ppl commented 2nd thing: the touch screen limitation:
answering & ending calls + media + browsing full screen touch(after
installing Opera 5) are all by touch...only the messaging and menu navigating
are by keypads...seriously is that an annoying limitation?! it fits
perfect for persons wanna type a msg while driving for example. 3rd:
the hardware....yest...i sync it & moved 5GB media while i was browsing
the net and modifying the settings and it didn't freeze 4 a sec. & that
also btw after updating its software which means it works perfectly.[4th]:
the acessories....the aino simply come with AMAZING ACESSORIES....for
ppl who said the Aino just missing 3.5mm output!! the aino come with
a wirless stereo streaming BT headset WITH 3.5MM OUTPUT jack.. last
thing honestly don't expect much from da camera...it's a media phone.
The Aino is simply one of the best phones in market right now
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Reviewed by hiralgangar@yahoo.com from india on
12th Mar 2010
it is a good phone,but its battery is very poor and does not last even
a single day .it is a very serious problem.it even hang sometime,when
we use slider.i have been using this mobile since a month.the worst
thing about this phone is the touch is not at all good.it should be
smooth but it isnt.when we lock this phone,it automatically gets unlocked
because of very soft button of lock which shouldnt be.this disturbs
me when i m out in the college.the music automatically starts because
of soft lock button.it all happens when i keep my phone inside my jeans
pocket.this is a serious concern .i hope this problem gets quickly dealt
off.
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Reviewed by Dean Brown from England on 22nd Feb
2010
Well there seem to be good aino's and bad aino's and mine is definitely
of the latter. I originally purchased the phone primarily for its advanced
media applications. The touch screen is temperamental and requires more
than just a 'touch' and now the volume control on the headphones has
packed up, and with no jack point has rendered this phone nearly useless.
To date customer support has simply been non-existent. My advice to
all is be very wary of purchasing this phone
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Reviewed by Dontbuyaino from Norway on 18th Feb
2010
I bought the aino, I shouldnt. The touchscreen had problems, and after
getting the sowftwareupdate in January the touchscreen stopped working
entirely. Contacted SonyEricsson, they told me the hadnt heard of the
problem. Well, was this true? SonyEricssons primary service center told
me that the entire first shipment of Ainos was frought with touchscreen
problems, and that they were swamped with Ainos. SWAMPED.. And SonyEricsson
doesnt know about this issue? My phone has been in to the service center
for about a Month now. Aino would have been a good phone for me, if
it had WORKED. But when you get problems on the SonyEricsson products
your absolutely lost. They dont admit the problems, they give poor customer
care. Look at the problem here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OnhVmRkzAg
Buy something else ;)..
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Reviewed by emmanuel from india on 15th Feb 2010
ya ainos feature is better than samsung tocco ultra,its touch is great
feelings like i-phone
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Reviewed by oleg from russia on 15th Feb 2010
The device good combinations of the price and functions.
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Reviewed by Abhinav from India on 8th Feb 2010
After reading about software troubles in UK market i waited for Aino
with update and as having excellent experience with W810i and w550i
i always prefer sony ericssson n found out aino excellent n fun i've
been using since 2 months n stretched to every limit a lot of media
both audio, video n movies actually m having so much load that looking
for 16gb card purchase complete touch screen opera mini browsing qwerty
works good here unlimited video browsing on youtube onscreen facebook
update 8.1 MP good but lacks xenon flash video recording is superb n
it has got sleek n glossy look n deskstand charger n MH100 are enough
to rate it aces
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Reviewed by Danny from England on 5th Feb 2010
This phone looks good and the screen is big but that's about all that
is good about the aino, with everything else there is problems. It's
ultra slow alot of the time, it crashes and shuts down it's self. The
touchscreen is an absolute joke. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.
It plays music an videos on it's own whilst in your pocket even if you
put it on lock. The camera is terrible it only works in broad daylight.
Even though it has a flash you cannot see anything when taking pictures
in the dark unless you stand about half a metre away from the lense
otherwise the picture comes out pitch black. I would say this phone
is terrible and definitely not worth the money. You can get better woking
phones than this for 100 quid when this is like 400 quid. I have this
on contract and paying alot for this phone but cannot wait to get rid
of it for a better model. Stay away from the aino bad choice go for
the w995 or any other phone really. Poor excuse of a phone sony i'd
be ashamed. There's always someting wrong with it.
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Reviewed by Andy from UK on 2nd Feb 2010
Got this phone a week ago. Like all mobiles it has it's niggles, the
touchscreen isn't the most accurate, but I'm hoping a future software
update will fix that, and the keypad does feel a bit cheap, but it's
by no means unusable. However as a media phone I am very chuffed with
it, it syncs and streams media over my network via Windows Media Player
11 (no need to bother with the Media Go software), plays all audio media
I can chuck at it (inc WMA DRM) and the sound quality is excellent.
If you want to touchscreen surf the web, just install Opera Mini and
you can do it that way. A particularly nice touch is that if you sync
a WMP playlist onto the phone, the playlist itself is copied over too
and listed in the phone's playlist menu. An IPhone it certainly is not,
but if you're after a good walkman phone and you fancy having a bit
of fun with a touchscreen with a keypad as a backup, this is the phone
for you.
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Reviewed by matt corns from holland on 2nd Feb
2010
i've had my phone 1 month and i love it. it does all it clames too.
the headset is cool the earphones fit super tight, which keeps out other
sounds, super for watching films on, and you get a load of free films
to download. i had a glofiish x650 before, and the aino is a breath
of fresh air. setting up the phones internet was simple unlike other
phones. sony ericsson can be proud of this little baby.
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Reviewed by ben from usa on 1st Feb 2010
great but key pad is useless
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Reviewed by xlainiex from scotland on 1st Feb
2010
i love sony ericsson phones and thought this phone was going to be amazing......wrong.
worst phone i have ever used. it really shouldnt be called a touchscreen
phone because the only time you used the touchscreen is to take photos
look at photos or music etc - the media side of things basically. i
obviously didnt read about the phone properly before ordering it but
it was never clear where i read - it went back the day after i received
it. i agree with all the negative reviews below. no point in repeating
everything.
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Reviewed by Kelli from UK on 23rd Jan 2010
When I first got this phone I was quite impressed as it looks lovely
and I had never owned a touch screen before. I bought it to replace
my old sony ericsson which i loved so much, but I have been very disapointed
with the aino, so much so that I am looking into replacing it with a
more basic handset. The internet is slow and doesnt even connect half
the time, the facebook app takes aaaages to update to the point where
I gave up on it completely. I dont see why it has youtube loaded onto
it, as no matter how many times I try, I cant get it to play a video
:S so this seems totally pointless and a complete letdown. Texting is
impossible and so frustrating, I am quite fast at texting normally,
but now it takes me three times longer, the buttons are too close to
the bottom edge of the phone so my finger keeps slipping off the edge.
To add to all of this it keeps randomly turning itself off (even after
updating the software) and it takes forever to send messages. The touchscreen
can only be used for multimedia, which is disapointing as I would like
to have the option to use the touchscreen for other features. The only
thing that I really liked about this phone is the way that text conversations
are displayed in bubbles so that you can see what has previously been
said (as I often forget). I have actually been using my old sony ericsson
instead because I was on the verge of smashing this phone, I wouldnt
recommend that anyone buy this! Save your money!
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Reviewed by eric from england on 12th Jan 2010
my 5th se in a row and best by far everythung it does it does well.great
headset and docking station.only let down is fiddly keypad
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Reviewed by Hazelnuts from england on 7th Jan
2010
plus points clear screen great camera and video easy to use fast access
to facebook easy access to internet negatives really really awful keypad
- so much so i'm swapping it for a different phone as i can't get on
with it hangs on the facebook app and doesn't update your friends statuses
after about 6pm unless you turn it off and on doesn't tell you who has
texted you - just get an envelope to say you have a text couldn't find
any free games - seem to have to buy them for £5
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Reviewed by ananthu from india on 7th Jan 2010
its simply super.......................
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Reviewed by Mandy from UK on 14th Dec 2009
No way is this worth the £370+ I paid for it. I did lots of research
and bought it mainly for the camera as I loved my old Sony Ericsson
Cybershot, but all my photos come out blurred, too dark or odd hues.
It's top heavy and I have to text with my thumb nail and need other
hand to balance it. The touch screen is temperamental and I often fight
to turn the alarm to snooze by tapping the red bar on the touchscreen.
Also difficult to end calls or flip photos to/from landscape using the
touch screen. Agreed the predictive text is often irritating nonsense.
Too many more gripes to list right now, but not recommended. I love
the weight and look (mine is white), but that's where it ends. Hoping
to get my money back or sell it.
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Reviewed by Niiru from Malaysia... on 9th Dec
2009
Well...i would say itz an awesome phone with a poor camera... i was
expecting the camera to be 8.1 mega pixels as it is...but it worse than
my 3.2 mega pixels sony cybershot old camera... great DISAPOINTMENT....
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Reviewed by toby from wales on 5th Dec 2009
lovely fone no probs with it apart from wont load youtube got it on
o2 any one help me on this cheers
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Reviewed by aino don't trust from uk on 5th Dec
2009
i bought this like 1 week ago and within 2 days the keypad broke then
got it fixed but the screen broke. GOING BACK TO GET IT REPLACED GOING
TO GET N97
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Reviewed by Sarah from UK on 25th Nov 2009
I have had this phone for over a month now - when I initially got it
I was expecting it to be more like the samsung tocco ultra with full
touchscreen and an optional slide... so was slightly disappointed that
you barely use the touchscreen. (I guess I didn't read the description
thoroughly enough) To be perfectly honest I am considering selling it
and buying something else - I am finding it incredibly slow at loading
up everything from messages to contacts. It freezes too which is annoying.
It also takes so long to save a photo it's ridiculous! ... plus that
if you or the subject moves even slightly it comes out blurry... for
an 8MP camera it's not terribly impressive (I've seen better cameras
on phones that are only 5MP) oh and if you use the flash the colour
comes out totally weird. I also think that due to the lack of any buttons
on the front the slide is quite big, making the phone a bit difficult
to text on - I find I need both hands (which when you have a kid isn't
always possible) I do like the fact that it stores messages in a type
of conversation form so that they are displayed as speech bubbles and
you can reply to someone whilst still having their message up (excellent
if like me you forget what they had asked) and it's good for calls -
took me a while to work out that I could answer them without actually
sliding the phone open. It's a nice looking phone, but I'm guessing
I was expecting more from it and have been disappointed. I bought it
mainly for the camera and it is definitely lacking features that other
brands have - considering it's new to the market you think you would
be able to at least rotate your photos after, or use features such as
smile recognition. I think if you want a phone to use for calls and
texts then it's fine but for other things I think there are better options
on the market.
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Reviewed by Phoner Today from UK on 22nd Nov 2009
I recently brought this phone and as soon as i felt it i thought it
felt a bit odd and peculiar it is similar to the lg kf700 with a 3 inch
screen and seperate keypad plus i wish it would support up to 32gb memory
because i enjoy my music but this phone is a mediocre but i must admit
i have owned worse still a dissapointment to me though
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Reviewed by ????????? from ??????? on 15th Nov
2009
love it
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Reviewed by Ant from Balloch, Scotland on 12th
Nov 2009
Got the Aino on Monday and I'm really pleased with it. Had thought about
the Satio, but having experienced a full touch screen phone in the past
(Samsung Pixon) and detested everything about it, I thought I would
go for the partial touch screen option. I've been a big Sony Ericsson
fan since the K800i and I think the Aino is one of the best of the breed
so far. Brilliant functionality, quality camera, and a very polished
user interface as you'd expect from a Sony Ericsson. I use Opera Mini
to surf the web on my phone and it works with the touch screen which
is pretty good. On the downside, the 3 inch screen when slid upwards
to reveal the key pad does make the phone feel a little top heavy in
your hand, but I soon got used to it. Overall, a great phone (and I'm
loving the Remote Play feature for my PS3 too).
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Reviewed by Ryan from Bury , UK on 3rd Nov 2009
And to think i nearly swapped my iphone 3gs for this rubbish.....this
phone is clearly designed by an idiot , the text keys are too close
together and the lip of the screen make pressing the upper keys so difficult
, anything over 2gb stored and the phone slows dramatically , the touchscreen
is abysmal , predictive text has been revamped and the words it comes
up with are never even heard of , cool applications like Voice Transform
have been deleted and you can no longer have text messages just pop
up its now part of the activity menu/shortcut menu that cannot be turned
off so when you get a text you also get about 30 other options too its
a Sony Ericsson mistake thats recognised by themselves but not been
dealt with. Videos are played back in small sizing and its not actually
a loud phone..........pants really.
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Reviewed by Nick from England on 1st Nov 2009
I had a play on this in phones 4 u but then decided to buy the tocco
ultra Its just better for the money i have had it 6 months and it is
still brilliant Buy the tocco ultra you wont regret it
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Reviewed by Arak from Cyprus on 20th Oct 2009
its great phone with rich features, and the slide mechanism is just
fantastic with great look , the camera is just fine and the functions
are just standard se . overall great phone to pourchase
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Reviewed by Vladimir from Uzbekistan on 20th Oct
2009
Good phone, but can't help snigger at the name. 'Aino' sounds like something
else. hehe.
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Reviewed by venkat from india on 19th Oct 2009
i just got this amazing phone..awesome sound quality..i love this phone....
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Reviewed by Mike from Germany on 19th Oct 2009
Aino has all the features that you find in W995, additionally it has
touch screen, screen size is bigger with better resolution compared
to W995. It has really cool bluetooth headset which is much easier for
listening to music. its 8 MP camera can do more than what W995 can do..
so just go for it..
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Reviewed by vivek from india on 12th Oct 2009
i actually thought that the sony ericsson aino would be a super hit
in the mobile world but my hopes were put into fire when i saw the reviw
videos etc about the phone.the phone has a limited touch screen function
in the sense the touch screen works only for media player only again
we have to use keypad for normal use and the touch screen is poor in
functioning it is not fast.lastly i got to say that i s not worth buying
this phone instead of this u can opt for nokia n97 mini
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Reviewed by Sunrise from Romania on 10th Oct 2009
I love it! For me, it is perfect.
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Reviewed by fabrizio from united kingdom on 6th
Oct 2009
The Aino is just out on the market, its look is defenetly good, not
too heavy and the slide-out keypad it's small but the bottons are clearly
separate and seems nice on touch.It defenetly a good option for people
who text a lot.The screen is 3" so quite big for this kind of mobil
phone and it looks clear on vision.At a first impresion Sony Ericson
seems it finally is back with a top mobil....and its big brother Satio
will be soon available!
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